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Originally Posted by paulgato
I have to agree with Oldtamiyafile. That's a huge amount of parasitic battery drain when parked. A 15w bulb for the door lock....!!!???? 15w!? That's more than an amp. Over a weekend that will flatten your battery dead, won't it? Is it really designed that way? That can't be right. If it is then maybe you could remove the bulb, and fit a hard ON/OFF switch for the radio.
My total battery load with key out of the ingintion is 24mA.
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It's the best they could do in design over 25 years ago.
My car came standard with the largest auto battery on the market.
That key hole bulb only runs at night, car has a daylight sensor, and it needs 15w as it can't be placed in the keyhole obviously. It's in a protected shroud with a long length of fiber glass leading to a wrap around the key lock mechanism.